Information Technology Specialist

Avalanche is a VC-backed fusion energy start-up based in Seattle, WA. We are building the world’s first micro fusion reactor. Our modular reactor design can be stacked for a wide variety of power applications to provide clean energy and decarbonize the economy. At Avalanche, our philosophy is rooted in rapid iteration, simulation, and experimentation – a process critical to learning and improving fast.

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, organized, and energized by inventive problem solving. The nature of the job will require frequent collaboration with a small team on a wide variety of topics, and the ability to pivot between priorities to support rapid design iterations.

We know we have an incredibly ambitious mission, and we know that it will require the right team to make it happen. We currently have a full-time position open at our Seattle, WA facility for an Information Technology Specialist focused on building out and maintaining our corporate infrastructure. Take the leap with us and help push humanity forward!

This job might be for you if:
You enjoy solving problems. You love taking on difficult challenges with a small team of passionate people. You are an ardent learner who's always looking for ways to grow and improve. You want to be part of a mission that matters. You are interested in a unique technical role where you can learn new technologies, skills and methodologies. You like getting hands-on with the work and you receive satisfaction seeing the product of your hard work. You believe that clean, neat wiring is a beautiful sight and you take pride in it. You possess a strong customer service attitude and want to help the team function as a well-oiled machine. You recognize that fusion is freakin' cool and this may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Responsibilities and Duties:
- Procure, deploy and maintain our technology infrastructure, including but not limited to laptops, desktops, servers, switches, routers and firewalls.
- Automate the configuration and deployment of technology infrastructure with a variety of tools and programming languages.
- Administer SaaS platforms that enable key business functions including identity management, access controls, and more.
- Provide technical support to employees and respond to outages and issues.
- Travel for conferences, meetings or company offsite events as required.
- Troubleshoot and provide technical support for the team.

Qualifications and Skills:
What We're Looking For:
- Proven capability to think critically and learn quickly about unfamiliar concepts.
- A strong bias for automation & willingness to learn new technologies.
- A strong understanding of computer networking.
- Proficiency with Python, Powershell & Bash.
- Experience providing desktop support to users in a professional environment.
- Experience maintaining an inventory of computer hardware.
- Experience deploying and maintaining highly-available enterprise networks.
- Experience with endpoint management & security platforms.
- Experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management tools/languages.
- Experience automating the installation and configuration of Windows applications.
- Due to the nature of some of our work, you must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Bonus Skills:
- Experience with cloud networking.
- Experience with software-defined networking.
- Contributions to open-source projects.
- An understanding of SSO protocols (SAML, OATH, etc.) & identity management platforms.
- An understanding of Site Reliability Engineering principles.

Perks:
- Workplace flexibility
- Great medical, dental and vision benefits
- Small, tight-knit team with low barriers to action
- Exposure to a wide variety of problems for unparalleled, hands-on professional growth
- Lots of others- come find out